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PM insulting democracy by seeing Indians in terms of communities: Congress

'He has insulted the freedom movement, he has insulted entire southern India', said Randeep Singh Surjewala

Randeep Singh Surjewala
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Randeep Singh Surjewala

Press Trust of India New Delhi
The Congress on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of dividing the country on the basis of religion and culture and demanded his apology even as it asked the Election Commission (EC) to take "decisive action" against him for violating the law. The opposition party also accused Modi of insulting democracy by trying to segment Indians in terms of castes and communities.

Congress's chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala charged the prime minister with indulging in "cheap politics by sowing the seeds of hatred" among people and alleged that Modi had now gone to the extent of insulting India's composite culture and the

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